September 2018 - Getting our Ducks in a Row

September 2018 - Getting our Ducks in a Row

Well, we survived the Summer of the Retrogrades.  At one point we had 6 planets in retrograde motion and I am sure none of us escaped without a hit or two. And let’s not forget those eclipses. But that’s behind us now as we look forward to September. Don’t expect to feel immediately lighter, it will happen, but it will take a few weeks for the retrograde “fog” to completely lift. Now is our month to clean up and tidy up all the energetic baggage we have been dealing with. It is a month to get organized and to sort through all that has been removed and all that has been left behind.

July 2018 - Lions and Eclipses and Retrogrades ...oh my!

July 2018 - Lions and Eclipses and Retrogrades ...oh my!

With two of this summer’s electrifying eclipses arriving and expansive Jupiter ending a four-month retrograde, it’s all systems go.  Or is it?  We still have five planets in retrograde motion throughout the month which brings up unfinished business to finally finish. Messenger Mercury and dominant Mars have just begun their retrograde orbits along with organized Saturn, dreamy Neptune and transformative Pluto. It won’t be easy, but we have to try to maintain our equilibrium.  My advice is to focus on what you can do and not on what you can’t.  Plans and goals are not going to come to fruition or really get started until September when the planets return to direct orbit.  Do your research and put in place whatever is necessary, so you are ready when the energy is released.  I expect after keeping things at a simmer all summer, when we finally do get a chance to get going, things will happen quickly.

Uranus in Taurus - The Bull in the China Shop

Uranus in Taurus - The Bull in the China Shop

For the last 7 years, Uranus the planet of change and innovation has been in active, aggressive Aries.  We had overhauls to banking and commerce.  The way we communicate with each other has changed with the ever increasing use of Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.  There have been dramatic upsets in politics, such as our most recent presidential election and the Brexit vote in the UK.  Now we are on the precipice of a new era as Uranus moves into Taurus on May 15th.  On this same day the New Moon moves into Taurus as well, making this the most fertile time of the year to initiate new beginnings in the material world.